The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-25

IIR HNllA'lNts ~ Alhn ~
MI IN IN been naturalizcd among
aHH5l lHcA bus within the past thirty
AaikDh[)W years, an Il tn are
@aAS2~ even now people who
CAS$$tN do not recognize II ~ a
NN..yr&5 festival, ciyilor religious
SanrLtEM IA who 90 about their
q @@SN N, daily work Just rs on
53sa $: :, :'' rs $ A.; 81; :.a &;
o. As and retain something OF
oy the old Puritan prcju-
dice against il, asa pagan institution upon
which a christian idea has been grated.
Such Christmas as We have has been built
M by taking the Christmas ideas Of other
nations, principally England and ter
many. and charging upon them, ~ We do
mon most things In a commercial and dis
piay stylc, which adds To the attractive
ness of the shop windONsm and creates trade,
II il does not enhance the true value of the
Christmas idea and quicken in us genuine
charity, peace and good will.
German skies are graycr than ours in
winter, and the shops make little display
of special objects Tor gifts, for the majority
al these are composed "i nccdlcWork, ana
are made indoors 10y the women and girls
oi the family, who, for two months before
December begins, are busy rs busy can Ice
in their leisure mumrpts with needle n
fancy work that will be- distributed among
friends and relatives during the Christmas
season. The street, therefore, and the
outdoors life are not ~ attractive NJ ours
during thc holiday season; the Christmas
cards are mainly small carls Of greeting
and congratulajion Nit llcrllichcn Chuck
Wunscll- the usual formula. \ few 9TH
crs have been introduced OF late ycars, but
they are small, with pictures Of birds, flow
crs or landscapes; not elaborate and cN-
pcnsivc.
Great changes have taken place IN Cor
man modes Of living within the past
twenty-five years among the Travelled ana
wealthy, hut the great majority stick tu
their homes, their traditions md their
ancient customs. Beautiful nccdlcwork BE-
the inheritance oi every German woman
music a mon common form ol expression
than language itscli. They have none ol
the false pride that seeks Ia disguise IT,
real condition, and make pptcnsc ui being
what IL j. not, and know little OF the strain
which Is put upon Those who ar always
striving to keep up appearances. Late Us
more natural, moro ~munutunnts, perhaps,
Illi " ~ lllll 81 NNflA lNlIlllNf W NlNh wv
realize the strength until separated irum
them. and only those who have lived
among them know the value they give iO
lie.
II Is in October, when the afternoon
govs short and the evening long, that
the sewing for Christmas begins. lluldu,
Malhildc. little Selma, aud the American
boaplrr. ANNA, arc forever In consultation
M tn the makingof mats, bureau cover, If
slippers. oi APRONS, al knitted muilluts,
miticns, hoods, shoulder shawls nnd il"
like. iur Germany h practical, aud Christ
mas presents are nothing II not useful ~
.NsIns pretty. Huldn and Matlildc tca,l,
music and German Ia American pupil-
and Fpnrh Hnd nccdlvWufk a. ANY 100,
who wants to acquire them. Selma D. i
bnapling pupil nF we'll ~ Anna, hut III" i-
aGrruan irum another province, Who ha.
rome 10 c. fur "A year tu hc insiruvi,
ia the specialtics iur which lrtulciu'
Mathildc and llulda are renowned.
Naturally thor h not much time dutiuI
the day. The hours are gwen mp Ia ltr
sonS indoors and elsewhere, Tor thcn az
,laS,cs and private individual pupils 10 ID
attended to- aud while the young Wouici
.nd Frau n, their mother, arc uticndin
a. household duties the American pup
and the German pupil study, sew, tai
walks in the ''aur' park aud sItu
hours In the Bidder g%allcric, ON lhc lioll'
Vuc, which oycrlouks the auc. Sumctim'
they visit the ObCr kunigstuissc und los
In The shops, where the pretty things,
any are tn ho found, hut more frequent
they o To the little shop kept In an ID
scurr quarter, hy fnm Eshack, q hrigl
little woman, who WIS inspired with u
sensible idea at sclling bmids, wuu
needles, threads, and Ill materials I
ncc.llcwork, and made such u succcs~ ui
that Ia n few years she retired upon q Cul
petcncc. At least once u week the VII,
family, or nj least several mcmhcS Of
go to the ''opcr-hauH' topcmrhuu-
which IL royal houHr, receiving q ~
sidy from the government, aud THERETO
able to produce any play ur opcr, Nh'tl
II pays ~ not. The iull cuzt ul u ticket
two marks aud u half HsiXty.two aud
hall ccnts=but the people generally y
subscription tickets whole, which OH
them Ia 20 every night; ~ In halves
quarters. which admit every other uight.
every fourth night. In this way u itch
with narryrd seat I'M the hYHt part ~
house. In the '%Fprritz, or what We
orchestra seats. Gusts one mark, sy,vI
pipnnig about forty cents. and u
should pnss,sz u ticket Tor % pcrluWmI
that one dus not Cnrf a. SO. thvrv b.
old cigar woman who will buy u ~
what W. pay lot h. aud srll u again iur
marks hity cents. II h not ncuy-sIri
h. n subscriber, Therefore, a. get guDl -
nj a very low price; and as the pcriu
anccs arc always guod, AMI often first ~
the popular taste n cultivated Ia nn rNi
of which We know nothing Who haNl
pay iom - Ia ~ iur q single ticket tu ]
RgoOd opcu.
II h an event In 81 10 the orcm or
play, Notwithstanding ~ frequency, iul
the performance brgius NJ $50 o'clock
ends NJ y or $50 o'clock. the supper Is 4
ponel until the p'ium, and u finer -nln
compete, ur pothnua kurhou lcnkrl h. o
ell, Tor friends nnn sur a. H. met, und
or more may return with the PARTY. Il
the social meal and talk over The event
entertainment. Or the young pes
with the elder for clRpruuus. NAV H.
Nitcd elsewhere, aud the evening en-,
with q dance. which doc. not lasL lnur
everyone must H. home aud In bed ~,
~ o'clock, usually before u O'clock.
but we must return b. the sewing
60 Christmas. from which We seem
have got away. Did you ever n,
German sitting room, with IT, high
cclain stove, H. STA, liz table
cover, IL rug In front of the sofia, nnl
double window curtains' | call IL III
room, hut the stove, the roia. the rug.
table, the cover and the curtains ave 4,
mon a. sleeping rooms as well. and xiv
mir Of cozintss which IL not always cHi
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